Many babies are born with birth defects that affect parts of their faces. These abnormalities often result from problems with the formation of bone that occur while they grow in the womb. Jeremie Oliver Piña, a graduate student in the Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, is investigating how bone forms in a developing fetus in order to identify new targets for treatments that will prevent or correct those problems. To learn more about the research being done in Jeremie's lab, visit https://irp.nih.gov/pi/rena-dsouza Interested in finding out for yourself what it's like to do research at NIH? Check out our training opportunities to learn about the IRP's programs for students, recent graduates, and postdoctoral fellows: https://irp.nih.gov/research-training/training-opportunities The SciBites video shorts are produced by the https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4l5fGbJmFhN3QJVgvwa9w. Check out their YouTube channel and visit their website at https://irp.nih.gov/ to learn more about the NIH IRP.